Overall, I like Evernote. I think it is an extremely convenient way to save documents and store things. I could easily see it becoming very cluttered and disorganized because it is a "dumping ground" of sorts. Organization is important to keeping it as useful as it could be, but the organization is not always user-friendly and requires a lot of time unless you organize it as you use it, which I do not foresee happening. I think that is especially hard because I cannot always know the best way to organize it until I have a significant amount of resources to organize. As of now, I have used tags, but what I prefer to do is to use notes with tables of contents with links to my resources. For example, one note is labeled: Growth Mindset and it has links to all of my resources that have something to do with growth mindset. As of now I have things organized as: teaching tools (ideas for things I can use in the classroom), questioning (resources for how to question effectively), what is science (resources that I can use to present phenomena or explain science), metacognition (resources to teach/explain metacognition), diversity (resources to explain and help foster a classroom that appreciates diversity), and growth mindset (research and resources about growth mindset). I currently have 59 notes in my 430 folder, but during the semester I made folders for all of my classes and added resources to those folders as well. At the end of this semester I would like to consolidate and organize all of my school folders and that is when I will devise a more complex tag system.
I still have some difficulties organizing materials, especially within my and Ryan's unit plan. I also do not particularly like the aesthetics of Evernote, which is a minor issue, but an issue none the less. Other than that I think that Evernote is easy to use, but I think that OneNote might be a little more functional. OneNote seems to be like a combination of wikispaces and Evernote.
My PKB will be a great resource for when I have my own classroom and when I am making lesson plans. I can look back on my PKB for ideas, motivation, explanations, and guidance whenever I need it.
I still have some difficulties organizing materials, especially within my and Ryan's unit plan. I also do not particularly like the aesthetics of Evernote, which is a minor issue, but an issue none the less. Other than that I think that Evernote is easy to use, but I think that OneNote might be a little more functional. OneNote seems to be like a combination of wikispaces and Evernote.
My PKB will be a great resource for when I have my own classroom and when I am making lesson plans. I can look back on my PKB for ideas, motivation, explanations, and guidance whenever I need it.